children
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Protecting Our Children While Preserving Their Innocence
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The best way to bring up the subject of personal privacy and safety with our children is naturally, in the context of our everyday lives. For many years, the idea of teaching young children in our community about personal safety felt uncomfortable. Parents wanted to preserve their children’s innocence, maintain tznius, and shield them from…
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Our Favorite Outdoor Toys for Summer

When the weather is right, we just want the kids to be busy outdoors. Use this list to stock up on a summer full of fun! Once the weather is warm, there is nothing as healthy, wholesome, and enjoyable as outdoor fun. And our favorite outdoor toys help make it happen! There are some toys…
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Download & Print These Children’s Haggadahs

If your children are home from school, they can color and decorate these haggadahs to bring to your Seder table. Back during Covid, these Haggadahs were shared with us by Torah uMesorah and e-chinuch.org. Now that our friends and family in Eretz Yisrael are again facing preparing for Pesach with their children at home, while…
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This Light Up Chore Chart Is Perfect for the Littlest Kids
If you liked the concept of checking tasks off a chart as shown in this post, you’ll love this version that’s easy and fun even for toddlers. Even your toddlers can get accustomed to routines and getting things done with this fun incentive. It makes it fun to cross things off the list, and it’s…
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This Chore Chart Helps Chores Get Done!
These charts make it fun to cross things that need to get done off the list and keep the family routine moving. This great little chore chart really helps one BCP Reader’s family finish their chores after supper. Because the frames have inserts that can be filled out how you wish, they are completely customizable. …
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The Health Log: A Parent’s Secret Weapon
They say a mother’s intuition is key – but a mother’s information may help you do the best job possible when advocating for your child. A while back, I shared this medicine hack that was recently discovered by my much younger sister-in-law, who found it to be a game-changer for her and her friends. As…
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From Pest to Peace: A Diary of Overcoming Pinworms
Don’t panic. If you discover your child is itchy and has pinworms symptoms, this is what you can expect. 1:57am Number one, out of sheer humiliation and panic this article is being submitted anonymously. Number two, BCP says they’re the big sister we all need, so of course, at 12:26 a.m. I type “pinworms” into…
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NEW! H&M Summer Picks for Children
The cutest clothing picks for children come early in the season, and they do sell out! Find the most on-trend, adorable styles at unbeatable value with these top picks. Not yet in the mood to shop? You might change your mind when you see the designer-looking pieces you can pick up at great H&M prices.…
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Children + Chores
How to get the most help with the least amount of pushback. Yom Tov season is approaching, and we all know that we need all the help we can get. Children that help with Yom Tov prep ultimately feel part of the task and contributing gives a sense of belonging. How do we encourage them…
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The Top Tried-and-True Basics for Kids and Teens
Are you looking for the best value? Or the best overall? Or perhaps, your child has a specific request (i.e. a not–too–hot undershirt). These basics, including underwear and undershirts, are tried, true, and recommended. We haven’t really covered this topic on Between Carpools. Except for a mention of a couple of the picks included below…







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